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Yorkshire puddings

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OhlittletownofEIDSVOLD · 21/12/2005 05:44

Have been asked to make yorkshire puddings for Christmas Eve dinner ... recipes please??

I know - I used to just buy them frozen when I lived in the UK - aunt bessies I think they were.. BUT no - my aunt thinks my dh will miss his English christmas roast so we are having a roast dinner on a day that is forecast to be 34 degrees!!!!! okay enough moaning...

thanks in advance

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sevensuzyswongsaswimming · 21/12/2005 06:58

don't indulge him and his pommie ways

get a kilo of prawns and a nice cold carton, he's got a assilimate sooner or later

The thing with yorkshire puddings is you have to have the oven deadly hot and put fat, or lard in the tins and heat it for about 3 or 4 minutes before you pour in the batter and get them in the oven again pretty damn quick.

some kind soul will be along with the recipe quantities of flour, milk and eggs sooner or later

Mmmmmmm 28 degrees today over in the West

NewBethlehemGirlwithsparkles · 21/12/2005 08:38

Okay

If you can make it up the day before and let the mixture cool in the fridge, it gives better results. If not make as early as you can in the day and keep in the fridge until ready to cook.

This recipe normally does either 12 tiny puds or 4 large ones easy, I still have batter left over.

4oz plain flour
1/2 pint of milk or milk and water, whichever.
1 egg
pinch of salt.

Make a well with your flour and add the salt.

Drop in the egg and gradually mix, adding the milk slowly.

When you've done it should be the same consistency as single cream and sound like galloping horses!

Add oil to your pudding tray. The best way to do it is to fill the top pudding holes, full with oil and tilt the tray so that the oil is distributed in to the rest of the holes. They'll be equally full then.
Shove it in your oven and whack the temp up to full.

When the oven is at it's hottest, take the tray out but make sure there is a haze over the oil, then you know it's hot enough.

Equally pour the mixture in the holes as quick as possible and throw back in the oven.

They'll probably take 15 mins ish. Keep and eye on them.

It works for me everytime. Never had flat puddings in this house

GingerBearingGifts · 21/12/2005 08:47

NBG, how very dare you give away Yorkshire secrets!!
She wasn't even born in Barnsley you know.
I bet she has stolen that recipe.
Please ignore me, I am jealous because I have to rely on Aunt Bessie.

NewBethlehemGirlwithsparkles · 21/12/2005 08:48

GB

NewBethlehemGirlwithsparkles · 21/12/2005 08:52

I think I need to clear the oil trick up.

If you are using a 12 hole tray fill the end 2 and the middle 2, for 6 fill the side 2 IYSWIM.

The large 4 tray I have, I just fill one up and spread out the oil.

HTH

littlechristmaself · 21/12/2005 09:24

and if you wana make then again DO NOT WASH YOUR TINS

NewBethlehemGirlwithsparkles · 21/12/2005 09:25

Errrrrr, gross!

littlechristmaself · 21/12/2005 09:30

i know ,wispers i wash mine too.

OhlittletownofEIDSVOLD · 21/12/2005 09:30

well a little hotter here suzy - just a mild 30 ish with the temp getting hotter to each day - apparently 36 christmas day!! What is my mother cooking - bloomin roast dinner!!!

OH i long for Aunt bessie

talking of assimilating suzy - I am also taking potato salad to said chrissy eve dinner!!!

if it was OUR way it would be a barbie and salads.. but aunt and mother like to be 'traditional' Dh, girls and I are having ham, prawns skewers and salads for dinner chrissy night

smoked salmon and scrambled eggs for brekky....

Christmas ELF - i have no intention of making them again and will be perusing supermarket shelves on Sat seeing if I can get aunt bessie first before I try and make some

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munz · 21/12/2005 09:32

no serioius MIL tells me off for cleaning mine. I use a diff recipe.

2 eggs
2 oz flour
2 oz milk
2 oz water

as tested by MIL. (even she was impressed by them! lol)

think it's plain flour. she adds salt/pepper but I don't

littlechristmaself · 21/12/2005 09:39

well i just throw my plain fl in, 2 eggs, salt and pepper, little milk and water,mine alaways rise and very fluffy.

OhlittletownofEIDSVOLD the home made are better i promise

eefs · 21/12/2005 09:49

I use the jamie oliver way with 3 eggs - it rises to the top of the oven - fabulous. I agree, the key is to have the oil very very hot. use some sort of veg oil as it has a higher burning temperature and can get hotter safely.

OhlittletownofEIDSVOLD · 25/12/2005 12:03

made them - tasted fab..... thanks for the recipes

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